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God bless. For several decades now, Christians and conservatives alike have surrendered the hill

of media, entertainment, and the arts. Christians have gotten rather lousy when it comes to

telling good stories. I think that in our

desperate attempt to hedge our bets, to keep from being defiled by the world, we've surrendered

things like fantasy and magic. That's one of the things that we're going to talk about,

in particular, in this episode of theology applied.

What is a Christian view of magic?

How should Christians feel about certain fantasy novels that contain elements of magic,

like the Narnia series or the Lord of the Rings?

Our special guest is Dr. Joe Rigney, and I think

you're in for a treat. Applying God's word to every aspect of life. This is Theology Applied.

All right, welcome back to another episode of Theology Applied.

I am your host, Pastor Joel Webbin with Right Response Ministries.

And in this episode, I'm privileged to welcome for the first time as a special guest, Joe Rigney.

Joe, would you go ahead and introduce yourselves?

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